Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1887-12-23
GRAPHICS.

Hogs sold in Quincy last Satur-
day at $3.50 per hundred.
Markets are tending upward this
week. See GRAPHIC report.
Seats now on sale for the "Ohio
Church Choir" Concert at Normal
Book Store 80 and Scots.
Frank Guinn's little daughter,
who has been dangerously i'll with
diphtheris is recovering.
The girls will be pleased with
uniform marriage law if the uni
form is pretty and there is a man
in it.
The repairs on the blacksmith
shop south of the post Office add
to the appearance of the building
in a most striking manner.
Purchase your tickets early for
the Ohio Church Choir Concerts,
Dec. 2Sth and 29th. Seats can be
secured at Normal Book Store.
Rev. Sam Jones delivered lee
ture at the Opera House in Quincy
last Wednesday evening, his
slangy subject being "Get There"
Quarterly meeting at the NJ. E.
Church, next Sabbath, Dec. 25th,
1887. Preaching morning and even
ing by L. A. Canady the Presiding
Elder.
Murphey Bros. have made ar
rangements to meet the demands
of their immense trade and will be
glad to see everybody during the
holidays.
Subscriptions to all papers and
periodicals taken at this Office at
lowest rates. The GRAPHIC club
bling rates are the most satisfacto-
ry. Try them.
A letter from d. FL. Thrasher,
formerly of this place, but now of
Los Angeles, Cal, states that all
Kirksville parties who are located
there are prosperous and happy.
A rear end collision on the W.
bash at Carbon, near Ottumwa last
Thursday, demolished caboose
and badly wrecked an engine. All
trains were delayed about two
hours.
If the party who took the dol
carriage from the front of Fout d
Beams drug store, will call they
will give him the top for same, as
tits Of no use to them without The
buggy.
If our city fathers would buy &
few street lamps and hire cheap
man to attend to them, their efforts
to get cut Of darkness into ligh'
would be appreciated by a great
full people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Capp:
when gong to church at Novingel
Sunday had the misfortune to up
set the buggy, throwing them boil
out. Mrs. Caps was quite serl
ously, though not dangerously
hurt.
Quite an interesting law sui
between Douglass Murphy ant
Mr.. J. M, DeFrance took place q
Edna, Thursday and Frida.
of last week. Twenty-Five o
thirty persons from this place at
tended the trial.
The following are the shipment
from Brashear during the mont
Of November: Timothy seed,
car; oats, 9 cars; hogs, II cars
total % cars. The stock was al
shipped to Chicago, the grain an
seed to st. Louis.
While others are talking abou
their fine horses and colts, l.. N
Willis desires to be put on recor
as having a coli eighteen month
old that weighs 1910 lbs. II an
one in the county can beat this b
would like to know it.
James O'Brien, Ed. Cason an
Charles Clark were arrested tn
latter part of last week, OBrie
fer carrying concealed weapon
and Cason and Clark for assault
All are now in Jail because the
failed to pay their fines.
Where dwelleth the commute
who have charge of the subscril
ton to our canning factory. The
should wake up if anything is
be done the coming season. Co
tracts will have to be made WI
those who want to put in crops
tomatoes and other truck, by Mare
first.
The storm OF Tuesday W
severe in Kansas, Nebraska, d
kota, Iowa, Minnesota and LII
OILS Trains were all delayed al
many of them abandoned. y
country roads here are BAD
blockaded, but the cold did I
become as intense as was expects
the lowest point being 6 degre